U.S. v. SALVATORE

No. 96-30221.

110 F.3d 1131 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sebastian SALVATORE, also known as Buster, also known as Harry, Anthony Joseph Tusa, Jr., Also Known As A.J., Victor Joseph Tusa, Sr., Also Known as Vic, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen A. Higginson, Asst. U.S. Atty., James B. Letten, Salvador Robert Perricone, Steven Jay Irwin, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Herbert V. Larson, Jr., New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellant Salvatore.

Frank G. DeSalvo, Edward K. Newman, New Orleans, LA, for Defendants-Appellants Anthony and Victor Tusa.

Before DUHÉ, BENAVIDES and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Anthony Tusa, Victor Tusa, and Sebastian Salvatore appeal their convictions arising from their participation in a scheme to operate certain organized crime-controlled companies that circumvented the licensing requirements of Louisiana's Video Draw Poker Devices Control Law. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

In 1991, Louisiana enacted the "Video Draw Poker Devices Control...

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